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Spending on environmental protection, 1.5% of GDP by 2014
Belgrade,
18 July 2008
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration and Minister of Science and Technological Development Bozidar Djelic said that the national sustainable development strategy recommends that by 2014 funds for environmental protection should be 1.5% of GDP.
Djelic, who is also president of the Council for Sustainable Development, said in an interview for the American Chamber of Commerce magazine Perspective that according to the strategy, in 2017 funds for environmental protection should be 2.5% of GDP, and most of it will be provided through implementation of the Polluter Pays Principle.
Djelic said that the strategy also envisages social development based on social equality and environmental protection, with rational consumption of natural resources.
By 2017, Serbia should be an economically developed country with EU standards, a safe environment, rich with educated people, a country where everyone will have equal opportunities, said Djelic.
He said that the action plan will be the key mechanism for implementation of the strategy and that it is being drafted. He added that following its adoption an office for sustainable growth will be established which will be responsible for monitoring the implementation of the strategy and coordination of the implementation of the action plan.
According to Djelic, Serbia invests only 0.35% of GDP in environmental protection while investments in new member countries of the EU during the pre-accession period ranged from 1.5% to 2.5% of GDP.
Djelic stressed that it is not known how much the private sector invests in environmental protection in Serbia, while in other countries the private sector invests as much as the state.
Djelic said that the strategy also envisages social development based on social equality and environmental protection, with rational consumption of natural resources.
By 2017, Serbia should be an economically developed country with EU standards, a safe environment, rich with educated people, a country where everyone will have equal opportunities, said Djelic.
He said that the action plan will be the key mechanism for implementation of the strategy and that it is being drafted. He added that following its adoption an office for sustainable growth will be established which will be responsible for monitoring the implementation of the strategy and coordination of the implementation of the action plan.
According to Djelic, Serbia invests only 0.35% of GDP in environmental protection while investments in new member countries of the EU during the pre-accession period ranged from 1.5% to 2.5% of GDP.
Djelic stressed that it is not known how much the private sector invests in environmental protection in Serbia, while in other countries the private sector invests as much as the state.
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